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“This would be good country,” a tourist says to me, “if only you had some water.” He’s from Cleveland, Ohio. “If we had good water here,” I reply, “this country would not be what it is. It would be like Ohio, wet and humid […]

This morning was the perfect start to winter, with gray skies and muted colors creating a velvety moodiness when I looked outside my window. The stillness of the longest night gave way to the sound of soft rain and crows flying overhead. Early morning […]

It’s been a while since my last post and I certainly never meant to take such a long break from writing here. There have been many new plans in the early stages of conception and I needed the time and space to lay everything out […]

A day trip to the coast is always a good idea, and we try to go as often as we can in the summer. But the beach in winter has a special moodiness; a certain lonely beauty all it’s own. These photos were […]

On April 18, 1775, Paul Revere asked Robert Newman, the church sexton or caretaker, if he would send a back-up signal to warn the patriots that the British were coming, just in case Revere was captured on his ride before he could spread the alarm. […]

I am forever coming across old photos in my archives that I have completely forgotten about. Does that happen to you? Here are some images of Lake Tahoe’s beautiful, clear waters. Stumbling across these photographs came at the perfect moment because I’ve been feeling overwhelmed […]

We’ve all seen those photos of planet Earth floating in space, just a tiny dot in a vast universe. It looks so small and makes you feel so insignificant. There’s nothing like it to put everything in perspective. Looking at those photos makes me feel…free. […]